1st Professional Haircut

Before leaving for the salon, just after dinner and a bath (thanks, Granny, for the sandals!)

In fav new chair, waiting to leave the house

Just before the first snip!


Taking the cut like a man- no fussies here!

First snip

All done! Such a big boy now!

Where'd it all go??
It's a little short in front for mom's tastes, but that will give it time to grow before next time!!

Back at home, ready for bed (and dad's leaving for work)!

Easter

Peeps from Chloe

clapping means "hurry up mom!!! i want to swing now!!"

stealing the banister railing

taking off down the street with the loot!

Hunger Woes

Poor Tyler... He woke up from a LONG afternoon nap (nearly 3 1/2 hours!), and mom took him directly outside. He was too distraught with hunger to notice that I'd brought his snack outside with us- and he had a typical meltdown. Mean mom caught in on camera for all to see :)

Fits of disbelief- where's the snack?!?!

Really sad, single tear drop

Relief- eating through the tears

New pj's from grammy Linda... and Tyler waiting for me to get his milk. He has learned how to sign language for thirsty and hungry (same sign... mom has to figure out which is needed!). It's been WONDERFUL that Tyler can communicate just this little bit. He's still not saying much that is comprehensible, but doing tons of babbling. He will occasionally say "mama" now, though it's not directed at me. His new word with direction is "cat"... with a large emphasis on the "t" at the end. It comes out as an adorable "ca-TAH"!!

OH!!!!!!! I taught him how to kiss me on the cheek tonight!!! But history says this lesson will be forgotten by tomorrow morning :( I'll keep working on it!

Too tall for his favorite resting and quite time place, but still hanging out none-the-less. He gets head bumps here often :)

Favorite Pastime

Tyler's new favorite thing is to go swing in the back yard. Every night when he gets home from daycare he goes straight to the back door and waits until Austin takes him outside to swing. He's getting to be a smart little man!!

Tyler has only four front teeth that are easily seen, but mom thinks he has another 3 or 4 coming in simultaneously (only visible when screaming in protest)!!!

Lunch Out

Lunch out at a new pizza place last Sunday- the waitress loved Tyler!!!

Irish Festival

Tyler and mom playing in the front yard on Friday before going to daycare for the afternoon so mom could get a few things done.



SO curious about all the new sounds (that he finally seems to hear since his tubes were placed)!

"Okay... I have the keys!! It's time to go!!"

Family outing to the Irish Festival. Tyler had a lot of fun exploring and sightseeing (in the beginning...)

Watching with fascination as the bagpipers go by.

Rocking with the band. Tyler loves to dance to music!

Being social and getting the adoration of strangers :)

However.............

This was shortly before Tyler had a major meltdown. We were infringing upon Tyler's naptime, and though he seemed a little tired he was doing really well until somebody flipped a switch--- and he had the meltdown of all meltdowns (in public, OF COURSE). He started screaming and arching his back (with no real warning), so we decided to leave... of course... but not soon enough. Tyler vomitted ALL OVER mommy's front- twice- in the middle of thousands. We high tailed it to the car to leave as mom held Tyler closely in attempts to hide the spaghetti-ohs that were dripping down our shirts and legs. We learned a valuable lesson- don't steal Tyler's naptime!!!!!!

Dad's ticking mom off by taking a picture and telling her to show the nastiness on the front of her shirt that Tyler's body is hiding.

Poor Tyler was fast asleep thirty seconds later in his carseat and all was forgiven and forgotten when he'd woken up from a long snooze. Lesson learned all around :)

Daycare Fun

With the warmer weather Tyler and his buddies have been spending lots of time outside in their wonderful playground.

Mid-afternoon drop off so that mom could go to a doctor's appointment.

Outside with Tyler's long-time bud, Gabby- his only friend from his infant room that followed him to his pre-toddler room.

The playground for pre-toddlers. The well-manicured area has flowers and a gazebo with a bench swing that the kids love to sit and relax on.




Even though mom stuck around for some pictures and to hang out for a few minutes, independent Tyler took off to do his own thing! Off to play...

Enjoying his friends.

Spring-Like Weekend

It's FINALLY warming up and the snow has melted away from the Richmond parking lots!!! We made the best of a warm weekend and spent lots of time outside. Saturday mom spent a LOT of time cleaning up the yard and raking up the gum balls. Sunday we went on a family walk with the new Radio Flyer wagon to the park across the street. Tyler loved walking around and looking at the other children playing. He played on the slides and swings before coming home for a much needed lunch and nap.

This is Saturday after Tyler's nap, and once the yard had been picked up. Spring cleaning (outside) accomplished!!